Two West Ottawa graduates earned provisional qualifications for the women's swimming national championships during their conference meets this weekend.Michigan State's Shelby Lacy and Florida Southern's Elizabeth Fris qualified for the NCAA championships.Lacy, a junior, finished 16th in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:02.53) at the Big Ten Championships to score for the Spartans.In the preliminaries, the former West Ottawa state champion swam the event in 1:02.31 to earn a provisional cut for the NCAA Division I Championships. It was a Michigan State record."I told myself going into the meet that I didn't want nerves to get to me," Lacy said. "I thought back to freshman year when nerves did get the best of me. I got excited and took it out fast. I touched the wall and looked up, and I couldn't believe it. It was a great feeling to know I went a lifetime best. Qualifying for nationals didn't hit me as fast as knowing I broke the varsity record. That was icing on the cake. Just to reach that standard is so rewarding. I didn't think that was possible a year ago."Lacy finished 27th in the 200 breaststroke (2:19.5) and 57th in the 50 freestyle (23.76). She was on the MSU 200 medley relay (1:41.86) that took 10th.The Spartans finished 11th (87). Michigan was fifth (361) and Minnesota won the meet (760).Michigan's Sarah Kamstra (Zeeland) finished 13th in 3-meter diving (299.25) and 14th in 1-meter diving (276.8).At the Sunshine State Championships, Fris finished fourth in the 1,000 freestyle (10:22.14). Fris took fourth in the 500 freestyle (5:04.15). Both times were NCAA Division II provisional cuts for nationals."It was my first race and there was a lot of excitement and adrenaline at my first big college swim meet," Fris said. "It is super exciting, to be a freshman and even think about having that opportunity. It was my goal for college. To check that off the list my first year would be great."Fris also took sixth in the 1,650 freestyle (17:19.47). Florida Southern finished second.SECBos swims PR in 100 backAuburn senior Emily Bos finished fifth in the 100 backstroke at the SEC Championships.Bos, a former Holland state champion and 14-time All-American at Auburn, finished in 52.37 — the fastest time of her career.Bos took 13th in the 50 freestyle (22.54) and 14th in the 100 freestyle (49.12). The Tigers finished fourth.Patriot LeagueWoudenberg places in distanceArmy junior Casey Woudenberg finished fifth in the 1,650 freestyle (15:42.74) at the Patriot League Championships. Army finished second.The Holland graduate took 10th in the 500 freestyle (4:30.8) and 12th in the 200 freestyle (1:40.42).Big EastMitchell leads team to titleXavier freshman Gage Mitchell (Holland) placed in three events to help the Musketeers to the Big East championship.Mitchell finished fourth in the 200 butterfly (1:53.62), 12th in the 100 butterfly (51.7) and 16th in the 200 individual medley (1:58.09).CCSABos sets school record; Battistello placesGardner-Webb freshman Connor Bos finished seventh in the 100 backstroke (50.0) at the Coastal Collegiate Swimming Association finals. He broke the school record in the event.Bos finished 11th in the 200 backstroke (1:51.11) and 17th in the 100 butterfly (52.08).Georgia Southern freshman Anna Battistello (West Ottawa) finished ninth in the 100 butterfly (56.88) and also took 16th in the 50 freestyle (24.44).Bluegrass MountainThompson swims freestyleSavannah College of Art & Design's Haley Thompson (Holland) was 22nd in the 200 freestyle (1:59.89), 29th in the 100 freestyle (54.93) and 43rd in the 50 freestyle (25.38) at the Bluegrass Mountain Conference Championships.